[Job-Discussions] What Do We Do With Health Care Admin And Office Jobs For The Blind?

[Asanda Pavlacka]

Hi Kane, where do you go to find a local direct employer association as a job seeker? I googled direct employer association and found their website where they’re pitching their stuff for employers to sign up with them but I’m not actually finding a job seekers portal.
I mean in the google search results for that term, Indeed job board came up. I do already know about indeed and so maybe that’s all a direct employer association means for us job seekers, just indeed.com. Please let me know if you’ve found something different. I’d love to know where else I can look for jobs that is available.

Thanks,

Asanda



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> On Nov 17, 2020, at 5:49 AM, Kane Brolin via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning.
> 
> Thanks to Dick's suggestion, I receive daily digests containing job
> listings in my region that are presented through the Direct Employers
> Association.  Just yesterday, I encountered a listing entitled "CTG
> Jobs - REMOTE CERNER SCHEDULER in South Bend, Indiana, United States."
> At least one current member of my NFB chapter, who has a college
> degree and who even studied Japanese but who never has been gainfully
> employed in her life, has the potential for being really good at this.
> https://jobs.ctg.com/south-bend-in/remote-cerner-scheduler/2AF19B74803F4FC8BEE7718846AA2840/job/?vs=1000268
> 
> CTG is seeking a Healthcare Scheduling specialist, For a REMOTE (Work
> from home) opportunity. MUST HAVE experience using Cerner Millennium.
> duties include:
> 
> • Schedule patient appointments for multiple locations and providers
> in the Cerner Millennium system, according to established guidelines
> and parameters.
> 
> • Update patient information in the medical record, including
> insurance and demographics
> 
> • Perform medical necessity screening for applicable services for
> Medicare patients
> 
> • Monitor the work queue and return patient calls as appropriate
> 
> • Maintain patient confidentiality as mandated by HIPAA
> 
> • Other scheduling/registration related tasks as assigned
> 
> I am both excited and frustrated when I look at this listing: excited
> because I know in my heart lots of blind people could and should be
> able to qualify for a clerical job like this in the health care
> industry, perhaps the biggest industry our country has right
> now--frustrated because I don't know how to find out whether the
> software platform here is accessible or (if possible) how to get a
> blind person appropriately trained so that he or she could have a
> decent shot at making it through the qualification process.
> 
> Much as with financial services, I envision a breakthrough where blind
> folks could qualify for lots of admin jobs in health care and health
> insurance, starting with a clerical position such as this one.  What
> is a systematic and repeatable approach we can use to get this done?
> 
> I apologize if this has been dealt with in great depth already.  I
> just got around to subscribing to this new discussion list; so please
> refer me to an archive if there already is one that has particularly
> constructive suggestions.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> -Kane.
> 
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